How it works

The left screen in the picture below shows the generic document home screen, which allows you to personal documents for all sorts of purposes.

Scroll further down, and under the subtitle “Marriage” is a function that says: “Make an appointment for divorce registration,” as can be seen in the right screen.

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The app then takes you to a page where you tell it whether you’re currently living in China or somewhere else.

Then you can enter personal details of the people getting divorced, including names and addresses. Then you can make an appointment with the local divorce registrar.

WeChat

Brennan, the WeChat expert, told Business Insider that making appointments was “pretty typical functionality that we find in WeChat.”

He added: “It’s also very typical that payments can also be handled directly through WeChat, although without going through the process, it’s unclear if this is an option right now.”

Filing for divorce is just one of WeChat’s many new functions. Users in the province can also store driving permits and passport copies, and manage their tax documents. They can also apply for marriage licence.

Which such functions are only available to Guangdong citizens, WeChat’s developer Tencent is aiming to roll them out across China in the future, Brennan told Business Insider.